Improvement in barrel dressing and crozing machines



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A'. MILLER Barrel-Dressing and Brazing-Machines.

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VEJVTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED MILLER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO CHARLES H. WATERS &(30., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL DRESSING AND CROZING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 154,885, dated September8, 1874; application filed December 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED MILLER, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barrel Dressing and Orozing Machines, &c. and Ido herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for dressing andcrozing barrels, kegs, and buckets.

1 In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view; Fig. 2, a verticaltransverse section at 50 m, Fig. 1.

' This application relates only to improvements in the clamping-heads ofthe machine for holding and revolving the keg, while the inside is beingturned off, the other parts being described and forming the subject of aseparate application (B) filedthis day.

The heads of the machine consists of four collars or plates, B D and GH, connected together by means of collar-bolts E and G. The

plate H secured in the stationary ring H, and

the plate 0 attached to the end of the driving-shaft F, connectedtogether by the bolts E E, form the stationary head of s the machine.The movable head consists of plate B, sliding on the shaft F, and plateD, sliding on the bolts E, connected together by bolts G.

The operation is as follows: The lever A is raised, forcing head BD'back. The keg is then placed int-he openings in plates D and H, thelever brought down, forcing plate D for ward upon the keg and securelyclamping it between the heads B D and O H. Rotary motion is then givento the keg, and the operation of chamfering, crozing, and howeling thekeg proceeded with in the same manner as in cases A and B.

The object and advantages of constructing and connecting the movable andstationary chucks of the barrel-holder together by means of rods, asabove described, are to'insure the whole machine revolving togetherwithout depending on the frictionof the barrel placed in the chucks torevolve the stationary or supporting head, as is the case with cases Aand B Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The barrel-holder herein described, consisting of the stationary drivingdisks or chucks O H, rods E, stationary inclosing hearing or frame H,movable chuck B D, and rods G, all constructed, arranged, and operatedin the manner and for th purposes substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of December, 187

ALFRED MILLER.

Witnesses F. H. ROWEKAMP, B. HUESMAN.

